Out of all the countries we have visited in the world, Japan is hands down our favourite – the people, the sights, the culture and above all the food; it is all so amazing, alien (for us Europeans) and fascinating that we could just keep returning every year, if only there was not the rest …
We love Japan and we love skiing, so a dream trip for us was to travel to Japan with our friends Willem and Christian to do 10 days of skiing in the Nagano prefecture of Japan. The resorts are smaller than in Europe, there is loads of snow, it is much less crowded and Japanese …
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After all the big cities, hours of walking and thousands of kilometres whizzing around the country on high speed Shinkansen it’s time to take it a bit slower and relax in classic Japanese style in the hot springs of Kinsoki Onsen. About 190km to the north of Osaka you can take what is probably the …
When you think of Hiroshima then you probably first think of the horrific bombing that took place in 1945 and swiftly brought Japan’s exit from World War II. There is, however, much more to this city that has risen like a phoenix from its ashes to be a wonderful place to visit for a few …
In your planning for Japan you may think that seeing a modern city like Tokyo means that you don’t need to see another modern Japanese city such as Osaka…think again! Osaka is filled with unique and wonderful sights that will easily keep you busy for a few days – antiquity in modern surroundings at the …
Kyoto is only a couple of hours on the Shinkansen from Tokyo, but it is a world away from the bright lights, big city feel of Japan’s capital. Kyoto itself actually means Capital, named as such as the Capital of Calm and Peace when it was founded as the seat of the country; this was …
Welcome back to Tokyo and our tours around this amazing city, in this blog we are going to take you to the weird and wonderful Shibuya, the CBD of Nihonbashi, cycle you around Sumida and a visit to the more traditional areas of Kagurazaka and Yanaka. A lot to fit in, so let’s get going! …
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Let’s get into Tokyo; it’s a pretty big place and there is so much to see, so we are going to divide the city up into some of its key districts that could be a city in themselves and could fill several days of travel on their own. In this blog we’ll cover Ginza and …
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